Aug
22
2022
Fridays, 10 AM - Noon | Oct 7, 14, 21, 28, Nov 4, & 11
Leaders: Don Melander, Mary Lee Sargent
This seminar meets round the year every Friday morning from 10 to noon, but folks may join or leave at...
Aug
22
2022
Mondays, 10 AM - Noon | Oct 3, 10, 17, 24, Nov. 7
Leader: Don Melander
Participants who join for LINEC’s fall term may continue or leave at any time after that, as poetry discussions are ongoing throughout the year. We...
Jun
03
2022
Tuesdays, July 5, 12, 19, 26| 10 AM - Noon
Facilitator: Eric Simon
At New England College, Eric Simon has led many educational travel courses that focus on biodiversity to destinations such as Belize, Guatemala, Cuba, the Amazon, Tanzania, the Galapagos, and...
Jun
03
2022
Mondays, July 11, 18, 25 | 10 AM - Noon
Instructor: Don Melander
American Poetry focuses on David Budbill's collection of poems-of-place Judevine, set in the Northeast Kingdom. David used to come to NEC for a few days in July/August to do a...
Jan
29
2022
Fridays, 10 AM - Noon | April 8 - May 13
Leaders: Don Melander and Mary Lee Sargent
According to film historian, Monty Arnold, screwball comedies serve two human needs — escape and enjoyment. Their defining characteristics are farce, slapstick, romance,...
Jan
29
2022
Thursdays, 10 AM - Noon | April 7- May 12
Leaders: Dick Hesse and Mary Lee Sargent
America’s Founding Fathers is the second part of a three-semester Great Courses series exploring the founding of our government. The 12 lectures take us...
Jan
29
2022
Wednesdays, 1 - 3 PM | April 13 - 27
Instructor: Paul Brogan
Katharine Hepburn holds the record for winning the most Best Actress Oscars —four of them. Paul met her on the New Hampshire set of "On Golden Pond" in...
Jan
29
2022
Wednesdays, 1 - 3 PM | April 6 and May 4
Leader: John McCausland
This is an on-going group meeting through the year on the first Wednesday afternoon of each month to discuss a novel chosen by the group from several...
Jan
29
2022
Wednesdays, 10 AM - Noon | April 6 - 20
Instructor: Betsy Holmes
Textiles are so much more than fabric for clothing; they are the product of a fundamental human activity across time and culture. Textiles create beauty, express identity, display...
Jan
29
2022
Tuesdays, 10 AM - Noon | April 5 - May 10
Instructor: Eric J. Simon, Ph.D.
In this golden age of biology, the study of life affects all of us in countless ways. This course introduces biology as a scientific discipline...